REU Site: Channeling Bio-Majors into Research Careers in Bio-Molecular Sciences and Informatics

REU 网站：引导生物专业进入生物分子科学和信息学的研究职业

• 批准号: 1156810
• 负责人: Jose Garcia-Arraras
• 金额: $ 28.54万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-01 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156810&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Channeling; Bio; Majors

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras that will provide training for 10 students for ten weeks, during the summers of 2012-2014. The program focuses on molecular biosciences -- the application of molecular biology and bioinformatics to major areas of biology like molecular genetics, microbiology, neuroscience and evolution. The Department of Biology faculty will serve as mentors, who will offer a wide range of interesting and exciting projects for the students. Parallel to the research work, students will participate in a series of workshops and seminars, such as the responsible conduct in research, professional communication skills, career opportunities, and the graduate school application process. The REU students have access to a rich array of individual mentor's facilities as well as many interdepartmental labs and centers with core facilities such as electron and confocal microscopy, sequencing, microarray analysis, proteomic analysis, etc. In addition, students will write a scientific report on their research project and present their work at an end-of-program symposium. The program's multi-phase recruitment effort consists of both traditional "hard copy" formats as well as digital-based advertising. Students are selected based on academic record, research performance, and potential for outstanding research in biomolecular sciences. Students are tracked to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. Information about the program will be assessed by various means, including use of an REU common assessment tool. More information is available by visiting http://biology.uprrp.edu/undergraduate/ur_research_oportunities.htm, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Migdalisel Colon at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Jose E Garcia at [e-mail]).

在2012 - 2014年夏季，为10周的学生提供了为10周的学生提供10周的培训的本科生（REU）网站奖的研究经验（REU）奖。 该计划的重点是分子生物科学 - 分子生物学和生物信息学应用于生物学主要领域，例如分子遗传学，微生物学，神经科学和进化。生物学系将担任导师，他们将为学生提供各种有趣而令人兴奋的项目。与研究工作平行，学生将参加一系列研讨会和研讨会，例如研究，专业沟通技巧，职业机会和研究生院申请过程的负责任行为。 REU学生可以使用各种各样的个人导师设施以及许多部门间实验室和核心设施（例如电子和共聚焦显微镜，测序，微阵列分析，蛋白质组学分析等）等核心设施的中心。此外，学生还将在其研究项目上撰写一份科学报告，并在其研究项目中介绍他们的作品。该计划的多阶段招聘工作包括传统的“硬拷贝”格式以及基于数字的广告。根据学术记录，研究表现以及生物分子科学研究的潜力选择学生。跟踪学生以确定他们对学术研究领域，职业道路以及研究经验的持久影响的持续兴趣。有关该程序的信息将通过各种方式进行评估，包括使用REU共同评估工具。 More information is available by visiting http://biology.uprrp.edu/undergraduate/ur_research_oportunities.htm, or by contacting the PI (Dr. Migdalisel Colon at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Jose E Garcia at [e-mail]).